Confined field release of Laricobius nigrinus (Coleoptera: Derodontidae), a predator of the hemlock woolly adelgid, Adelges tsugae (Hemiptera: Adelgidae), in Virginia

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 369-375

  Lamb, A B ^a   Salom, S M ^a   Kok, L T ^a   Mausel, D L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; INSECT CONTROL;

ADULT SURVIVAL; EGG DEVELOPMENT; OVIPOSITION LOCATION; PREY ABUNDANCE;

PEST CONTROL;

EGG DEVELOPMENT; INSECT; PEST SPECIES; PREDATOR;

FORESTRY; INSECTS; PESTS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

ADELGES TSUGAE; ADELGIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; DERODONTIDAE; HEMIPTERA; LARICOBIUS NIGRINUS; TSUGA;

EID: 33646832064     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x05-190     Document Type: Conference Paper

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